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Nuts and Bolts By Carol Taylor This series is about going back to basics---or the “nuts and bolts” of quilt making and art. There are two basic shapes that make up most quilts---squares or blocks (nuts) and circles (bolts). This motif combines them using squares on one corner and a quarter circle on the other corner of the block. The effort is to combine them in different ways to create patterning.
Nuts & Bolts #1: 35.5 x 45.5 Randomly combining the colors and values in my palette for this quilt, I twist and turn the blocks to make layers appear, popping the circles forward. Nuts and Bolts #1	Nuts and Bolts #1 detail
Nuts & Bolts #2: 40 x 58.5 This version attempts to create many layers of squares and circles defined by value and done in orange, brown, turquoise and blues. The illusion of one circle lying on top of another square which is overlapping another square is the goal. Nuts and Bolts #2	Nuts and Bolts #2 detail
Nuts & Bolts #3 – Shapes: 51 x 51 Pieced circles and squares vary in size and value to create the variety in the piece. The quilting continues to keep the viewer focused on shapes by doing all quilting in concentric circles or squares as another layer of design. Nuts and Bolts #3	Nuts and Bolts #3 detail
Nuts & Bolts #4 (39.5 x 63) Varied sizes of pieced circles and squares in many colors and values create layers. Extensive quilting stitched in concentric circles and squares that overlap completes the design. Nuts and Bolts #4	Nuts and Bolts #4 Detail
Nuts & Bolts #5 32 X 49 The circles and squares are pieced in tones of blues, greens and yellows with tiny lines of red accenting the piecing. Value helps to define the layers within the quilt, and extensive quilting of squares and circles adds another layer of design. Nuts and Bolts #5 detail	Nuts and Bolts #5
Nuts & Bolts #6 (71.5 x 44.5) The challenge for this piece was to use a collection of shibori, painted and printed fabrics to create texture and layers in warm colors ranging from yellows and oranges to browns, purples and blacks. The quilting in variegated threads create another layer of squares and circles in stitching. Nuts and Bolts #6 -detail	Nuts and Bolts #6
Nuts & Bolts #7 24 x 48 This long vertical piece uses a palette of red, purple, yellow and brown hand painted, printed and shibori fabrics to create the nuts and bolts. Nuts and Bolts #7	Nuts and Bolts #7

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